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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 01:00 AM
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Howdy. How long of RCA cables and speaker wires do I need for a first-generation xB?

Assuming that everything runs down the center of the car:

How long of an RCA cable do I need to go from the head unit area to just behind the back seats? I think 12 feet will be enough...

Likewise with the speaker wires - how long of lengths do I need to go from just behind the back seat, up the middle of the car, and into each front door, and up to the top corners of the dash, respectively [where the tweeters are]?

One thing to note: Since the power wire will be running down one side of the car, if I don't run the RCA and speaker wires down the middle, they would be going on the opposite side of the power wire; add length accordingly.

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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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anybody?
Old Nov 20, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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12' RCAs will work fine and just make custom pwr/gnd & speaker wires
Old Nov 20, 2008 | 06:01 AM
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I need to know how many feet of speaker wire to buy so I have enough extra...
Old Nov 20, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=150032

sorry, I did not note how much I actually bought. Its cheap, buy extra
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Ya, 100-foot roll of 14-AWG Philips wire at Lowes is about 22 bucks. I haven't seen a better deal on that quantity and size of wire anywhere, even online.
Old Nov 29, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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On ebay you can get either 2 or 4 spools of monster cable for pretty cheap too
here's 4
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=025

here's 2
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=025
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